send forth

phrasal verb

sent forth; sending forth; sends forth

formal

: to cause (something) to be heard

She sent forth a loud cry.

: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source

The tropical flowers sent forth a wonderful fragrance.

: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing

The plant began to send forth its shoots.

Examples of send forth in a Sentence

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In August, just as middle Florida is thoroughly baking in the summer heat, Disney Cast Members send forth a bewitching spell of all things autumn over Magic Kingdom. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2024 Such words hold two things in tension—the closing and the sending forth. —

Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024 Other dams have been exposed to extreme events for which they weren’t strictly engineered, as in north India in 2021, when a crumbling glacier sent forth a wall of water that wrecked dams and towns downstream. —

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023 On that morning, a stray spark detonated 90,000 pounds of gunpowder stored in a basement vault, sending forth sound waves that could be heard 70 miles away. —

Diane Cole, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023